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Once food enters your mouth, saliva begins to break it down. When you swallow, the food moves down your esophagus to your stomach. The act of swallowing is also called deglutition.
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What happens to your food when it enters the stomach till it reaches large intestine?
It goes into the intestines, I believe that the intestines breaks up the food.
What happens to your food?
when you eat it? your teeth and saliva break down your food in your mouth. then you swallow. the food enters your stomach and food with nutrients are sent throughout your body. Stomach acid breaks what it can and the rest exits through your rectum.
What happens in pharynx?
The muscles in the esophagus move the food down into the stomach.
After the food is processed in the stomach of a frog the food enters where?
the small intestine
What is the first portion of the stomach that food enters in?
duodenum
What is th term used for food that enters the stomach?
bolus
What is the function of crop grasshopper?
The function of the crop in an grasshopper is to store the food.
What causes stools in the stomach?
The chewed food passes from our mouth to the oesophagus (gullet) . When it reaches our stomach the enzymes that are inside speed up the digestion process. This shows that a chemical reaction is taking place, when food is being digested. Later, the food passes from our stomach to other parts of our body and the things we ate before comes out when we excrete.
What happen when enzymes from the stomach enters the small intestine?
food will be absorbed
What happens with the food in the stomach?
It dissolves the food
What phase of gastric secretions occurs before food enters the stomach?
Cephalic phase. It is due to:Smell and taste of foodThoughts of foodTactile sensations in mouth
What is happening to the food inside the stomach?
Your food enters through your mouth and you start chemically and mechanically breaking down your food. Then your food goes down your esophagus with peristalsis. When your food enters your stomach, it is again chemically and mechanically digested. Then your food goes down your small intestine where the minerals and nutrients are taken out. When your food enters the large intestine the water is taken from it. Then it exits out of your anus.
